Just passing this along.
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$500 SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF MULTIETHNIC AMERICANS (AMEA) AND THE BIRACIAL FAMILY NETWORK (BFN)
Los Angeles, CA, March 19, 2008 - The Biracial Family Network (BFN) in
collaboration with the Association of MultiEthnic Americans will provide two
five hundred dollar scholarships with 1-year AMEA student memberships for
the 2008-2009 academic school year. Students of all undergraduate levels in
4-year colleges and universities, including entering freshman will be
eligible to apply. Scholarships are open to multiracial students or
transracially adopted students from all backgrounds. These scholarships may
be used towards tuition, room and board, and any other school-related costs.
In an effort to highlight positive identity development among multiracial
students and transracial adoptees, this scholarship marks the first of its
kind for academic support for students that self-identify with two or more
racial/ethnic categories, and/or are adopted into multiracial/ethnic
families. AMEA and BFN recognize the difficulties that students from these
particular backgrounds, who are often times overlooked for scholarships,
face, simply because they straddle multiple categories.
Interested applicants should submit 1) a one page resume; 2) a letter of
recommendation from a non-family member; 3) college transcripts (current
undergraduates) or high school transcripts (entering freshman); and 4) an
essay answering the following question: “What does the ‘multiracial
community’ mean to you and how does it affect your life?” to AMEA /
Attention: AMEA/BFN Scholarship / P.O. Box 29223 / Los Angeles, CA
90029-0223. Please include a cover page with your name, year in
school/college, and current contact information (address, phone, email).
Essays should not exceed two double spaced pages, 12-point font. Incomplete
applications will not be considered. Applications must be received by
Friday, May 16, 2008, no later than 5PM Pacific Standard Time. Notifications
will be made by the end of June.
For further information, please contact: Jungmiwha Bullock, President of
AMEA or Harold Gates, Vice President at ameaorg@aol.com or call 818.230.2285. Please do not email applications.
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The Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
national umbrella advocacy organization for multiracial, multiethnic, and
transracially adopted individuals, families, organizations, and allies
currently headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. The Biracial Family Network is
an affiliate organization of the Association of MultiEthnic Americans, and
it is located in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information, please visit
www.ameasite.org and www.bfnchicago.org for updated information as
it becomes available.
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March 20, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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Only $500 :-)
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March 21, 2008 at 11:57 am
Lee Ann
This is great! I’m Korean and Italian, and when I won the Korean-American scholarship in 1994, the entire Korean community here went up in flames. They said I wasn’t Korean enough to get it.
I’m not a jerk, so I gave the check back to them and let them award it to someone else. (It was $50.00.)
Still, the experience of every Korean mother I came across screaming in my face stays with a person.